What is Krutwig's baby hook if not a back to the basket move? He's a good passer with good instincts. Same with Dickinson. Their basketball IQ is infinitely higher than anything we've seen since Niang in the post.
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What is Krutwig's baby hook if not a back to the basket move? He's a good passer with good instincts. Same with Dickinson. Their basketball IQ is infinitely higher than anything we've seen since Niang in the post.
I wouldn't agree with Raftery in Krutwig being a point forward, he didn't attempt a 3 point shot this season. Maybe a point center because he can dribble & pass. Krutwig is skilled in his footwork/shooting near the basketball. Does a nice job with high/low passes or passing out of the double team.
The Illinois video you linked showed the breadth of his game and value in being able dribble/pass. Obviously, Moser's game plan was to use Krutwig to pull Cockburn away from the basket and free up the lane and take advantage of Cockburn guarding in space. He did a great job.
But if you watch his other games, he played the role of a traditional 5 with his back to the basket. In that role, his passing skills were also exceptional.
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Dickson was a top 50 kid, but the other 4 guys I mentioned were not top 100 kids. IMO having a skilled post improves the looks that 3 point shooters can get, especially if the traditional post is a good passer.
Not sure I would agree with the Big10 being slow. It is definitely a physical conference, I think if you look at PPG the Big12 & Big10 were pretty even.
Who says you have to shoot to be a point forward. The name that comes to my head for college point forward is Royce White, and he did not shoot. Not sure where your definitions are coming from.
Ben Simmons was / is a point forward and he couldn't shoot a lick either. Still can't lol.
One day people are going to realize that it’s hard to defend the high ball screen/high P & R at a high level...that’s why almost every offense in the NBA uses some variation of it.
In fairness, Shaq can’t figure it out yet either. College isn’t the NBA, but Candace Parker lays it out pretty clearly here.
One day a coach is going to revolutionize the high ball/high p&r defense. I almost think you have to aggressively double the ball from the wing off the other teams worst three point shooter so the ball handler isn’t so comfortable, force them to speed up mentally and make a bad decision either via a bad shot or a bad pass and just take your chances.
It's hard to defend when you have a good dribbling player that doesn't get flustered by a double team at the point of the screen. Bolton and our other guards would turn it over a lot when that double team came
Cyclonepride
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Yeah, he is a very good passer out of the high post, and they seem to use him there often, so the term fits IMO
May have changed his mind after the coaching change? He had tweeted (or at least it is assumed it is him) he would be back.
Cyclonepride
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A rumor on a message board doesn't mean anything to me. It's as likely to be complete fiction as it is to be based on real information. I'm guess the next two weeks will tell us a lot.
Except WSU was is very deep at the wing and we are weakest there. I think he is much more valuable to us than he was to WSU.
Royce was a power forward playing center.
Here is link to NBA website describing Point-Center. Sounds like Krutwig to me.
Point Center - Great Passing Center
Need guys with the skill to execute it. That's not a given at the college level. Prohm insisted on staying with it even when we had no PG and an undersized center who was zero threat to pop to the 3 point line.
